Which online payment methods to accept in France?

Bank Transfers, Cartes Bancaires and PayPal are popular means of online payment. Paylib, a local digital wallet supported by most French banks gains popularity. The Paylib wallet can be used by over 40 million people.

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France
E-commerce Market Profile

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Currency

euro (EUR)

Household Internet Access Rate

Internet Country Code

.fr

B2C E-commerce Market Size

75 billion USD (2015)

Population (+ Global Rank)

67.8 million (2020) (#21)

Online Payment Methods

Carte Bancaire, Visa, MasterCard, PayLib, PayPal, American Express, SEPA Credit Transfer, e-Carte Bleue

Country GDP (+ Global Rank)

$2,856,000,000,000 (#10)

National E-commerce Association(s)

FEVAD (http://www.fevad.com/)

GDP per capita (+ Global rank)

$44,100 (#40)

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paylib

Home grown French digital wallet Paylib allows French consumers to easily pay for their online and mobile purchases. ~40 million users can pay using Paylib, compared to 7 million PayPal users in France. Major banks like BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole and Societé Generale support the Paylib wallet.

Alma

Alma is the market leader in Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) in France.

Amazon Pay

Amazon Pay is an online payment service owned by Amazon that lets shoppers use their amazon.com account to make online purchases. With Amazon Pay, shoppers can make purchases using credit or debit cards stored in their digital wallet. The acceptance of Amazon Pay can lead to an improved payment acceptance rate, lower cart abandonment, and increased conversions as Amazon Pay shoppers can pay for products and services without creating new accounts or leaving a merchant’s site.

VISA

Visa is one of world's best known online payment methods and largest credit card brand. Visa truly is a global payment brand with acceptance at point-of-sale and online in over 170 countries.

American Express

American Express is a credit or charge card that can be used for online payments. American Express is amongst the major credit card brands in the world.

MasterCard

MasterCard is one of world's best known online payment methods and dominant credit card brands. MasterCard is truly a global payment brand, supporting 150 currencies with over 35 million acceptance locations (point-of-sale and online) in over 210 countries.

Apple Pay

The Apple Pay payment service allows consumers to pay contactless, in-app and on desktop through the newest Apple Macbook and iMac's. Consumers are able to securely store credit and debit card details into their Apple Pay wallet and confirm payment by simply scanning their fingerprint with Apple's Touch ID or by using Face ID.

Carte Bancaires

Carte Bancaires (CB) is a well-known debit and credit card payment scheme in France. Carte Bancaires cards are most often co-branded with MasterCard and Visa.

PayPal

PayPal is the online payment method that enables people to send money and to shop online without sharing financial information. Shoppers can pay from their PayPal preloaded balance, directly from their bank account or stored credit cards like MasterCard and Visa.

SEPA Direct Debit

The SEPA Direct Debit enables to make pan-European collections in euro's on a one-off or recurrent basis.

SEPA Credit Transfer

The SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) allows consumers to pay for their goods and services by using their euro bank account to transfer money directly to the merchants' bank account. Both the consumer and merchant should be domiciled within the SEPA (eurozone) region.

Carte Bleue

Carte Bleue is a major debit card payment system operating in France. Unlike Visa Electron or Maestro debit cards, Carte Bleue allows transactions wit

Open Banking

Open banking payments are authenticated directly between consumers and their banks, meaning, unlike with direct debits, merchants can avoid chargebacks generated due to fraud or an inability to capture funds. It works in a similar way to most online banking methods. A customer simply selects the payment type during the checkout process, at which point they are redirected to their bank’s online banking environment to securely confirm the payment.

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Which online payment methods to accept in France?

France
E-commerce Market Profile

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B2C E-commerce Market Size

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Online Payment Methods

Country GDP (+ Global Rank)

National E-commerce Association(s)

GDP per capita (+ Global rank)

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Online Payment Methods in France

paylib

Alma

Amazon Pay

VISA

American Express

MasterCard

Apple Pay

Carte Bancaires

PayPal

SEPA Direct Debit

SEPA Credit Transfer

Carte Bleue

Open Banking

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FranceE-commerce Market Profile

Currency

Household Internet Access Rate

Internet Country Code

B2C E-commerce Market Size

Population (+ Global Rank)

Online Payment Methods

Country GDP (+ Global Rank)

National E-commerce Association(s)

GDP per capita (+ Global rank)

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Online Payment Methods in France

paylib

Alma

Amazon Pay

VISA

American Express

MasterCard

Apple Pay

Carte Bancaires

PayPal

SEPA Direct Debit

SEPA Credit Transfer

Carte Bleue

Open Banking

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France
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